Fittler reveals how to beat the Roosters

[Guest]

The game plan against the Roosters is the gameplan we use on other teams - dh running out of our own half then expansive football.

[Guest]

You clearly fail to understand what I'm saying...

Then again, you do work for the DT. Maybe I'm expecting too much.

I heard you BF,and what you said wasn`t that hard to understand at all.
TOK has done the complete media spin on your quote...

[Kingbilly]

Fittler has given nothing away.
He knows and we all know, the easiest way for Penrith to beat the Roosters is to put Fittler in the Roosters side.
He choked nearly every time we played them

[Guest]

God I love you Freddy but please shut up.

[Adolf Fittler]

Fittler was a Godsend for us long suffering Chook fans and i appreciate his work.................but if the man could put his finger up his own arse without Uncle Nick payin him 400k and Gus guiding his hand, id be ****ing stunned!! :

[Guest]

I wish Freddy never coached the Roosters, i feel its ruined his legacy at our club.

[crikey chris]

Fittler has given nothing away.
He knows and we all know, the easiest way for Penrith to beat the Roosters is to put Fittler in the Roosters side.
He choked nearly every time we played them

It seemed that nearly everytime Freddy played against Penriff and Craig Gower, he came off second best. He was a superstar against everyone except Penriff. And especially if Gower was playing, he was doing a Freddy on Freddy!

Some stats of Freddy's playing career against Penriff:
1996-2004. 14 games. 6 wins. 8 LOSSES.

Freddy's coaching record against Penriff:
2007-2009. 4 games. 2 wins. 2 losses.
(one loss in 2009 included the masterstroke of putting Anasta at fullback and we got smashed 48-6)

Freddy and the word 'gameplan' in the same sentence, give me a ****ing break. If his football instincts as a player could be transfered into coaching, he would be a world beater. Loved ya as a footy player, but for ****s sake shut the **** up. You sound more intelligent when you don't open your mouth!

[Guest]

I don't think gameplans were ever Freddy's problem as coach. When you don't have the respect of the players I dont think it matters what your plans are.

I think 07-08 is a good example of his football brain in action, 09 is an example of his maturity and management "skills"

[Guest]

To everyone telling him to shutup, show me one sentence in this article that doesn't have relevance or truth in it?

Sure, he didn't cut it as a coach, but we've all seen first hand how good his footballing brain is, and if he wants a career in the media, good luck to him.

[Guest]

To everyone telling him to shutup, show me one sentence in this article that doesn't have relevance or truth in it?

Sure, he didn't cut it as a coach, but we've all seen first hand how good his footballing brain is, and if he wants a career in the media, good luck to him.

This is what baffles me; he was such a fantastic player how could he have possibly led us to the spoon?

One of life's many mysteries I guess.

[Vasco]

This is what baffles me; he was such a fantastic player how could he have possibly led us to the spoon?

One of life's many mysteries I guess.

Wally Lewis was the same.

[melon....]

Freddy is right.

It'll be Myles doing all the dirty work up the middle. We have the laziest props in the world. Butterball and Danny Glover. if The Conn and Skinny Prick 1 play and help Myles and Skinny prick 2 then we are a chance. Our props will cost us.

[Guest]

It's sad seeing some people tearing into a Roosters legend like they are.

He didn't fail as a coach on purpose.

[Guest]

This is what baffles me; he was such a fantastic player how could he have possibly led us to the spoon?

One of life's many mysteries I guess.

Coaching and playing aren't even close to being the same thing. I think that for 07 and part of 08, Fittler succeeded using raw footy knowledge, and not much else. As soon as he had to start being a real coach, he struggled. The pressure, gameplans and all that weren't for him, he was about raw footy, and what to do on the paddock, but couldn't really control the mentality of the side, which is what had the greatest effect on our on-field performances last year.

But that doesn't mean the knowledge isn't there. I can't stand seeing people tear into him like this. He is a legend of the club and the game. As I've said numerous times, the guys got a good footy brain, and is far better than some of the other commentators going around (see Tallis), yet people will have a go at him because he had a bad season as a coach. It's bullshit.

Oh, and I don't think Freddy "led" us to the spoon. The players played as large a role as Fittler, if not moreso. I've no doubt that if there was a real want in that team to avoid the spoon, at pretty much any point in the season, right up until the last game, we could have done it, no problem. But unfortunately, only a select few actually cared (Fitzy, Perret, Anasta etc.) whilst the majority of others (Mason and co.) just sat back and waited to get payed. Freddy wasn't a good coach in 09, but he sure as hell didn't lead us to the spoon.

[Guest]

It's sad seeing some people tearing into a Roosters legend like they are.

He didn't fail as a coach on purpose.

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